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Yakov Zeldovich

1914 - 1987

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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (‹See Tfd›Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, D.N. was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena. From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught physicist, started his career by playing a crucial role in the development of the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Zeldovich has received more than 174,217 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Yakov Zeldovich is the 352nd most popular physicist (down from 323rd in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 48th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belarusian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Yakov Zeldovich ranks 352 out of 851. Before him are Walter A. Shewhart, Leopold Infeld, William Sturgeon, Marguerite Perey, Moritz von Jacobi, and Stephen Hales. After him are Heinrich Geißler, Galileo Ferraris, Auguste Bravais, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, George Uhlenbeck, and George Francis FitzGerald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Yakov Zeldovich ranks 81. Before him are Agostino Casaroli, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Pietro Germi, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, and Nicolas de Staël. After him are Demetrios I of Constantinople, Arthur Kennedy, Martin Gardner, Richard Basehart, Bernard Malamud, and Ferenc Fricsay. Among people deceased in 1987, Yakov Zeldovich ranks 55. Before him are Bob Fosse, Rouben Mamoulian, Camille Chamoun, Eugen Jochum, Alistair MacLean, and Seyni Kountché. After him are Gordon Gollob, Charan Singh, Federico Mompou, Gretl Braun, Liberace, and Abba Kovner.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Yakov Zeldovich ranks 50 out of 368. Before him are Otto Schmidt (1891), Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515), Paul Baran (1926), Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1110), Ignacy Domeyko (1802), and Vasil Bykaŭ (1924). After him are Salomon Maimon (1754), Vseslav of Polotsk (1029), Abba Kovner (1918), Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841), Alexander Orlov (1895), and Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Belarus

Among physicists born in Belarus, Yakov Zeldovich ranks 3. Before him are Zhores Alferov (1930), and Otto Schmidt (1891). After him are Leonid Mandelstam (1879), and Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski (1845).

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